japan after three months of tsumani and earthquake

The Japanese resilience is on show at the tsunami-hit areas of the country. It has barely been three months since the devastating earthquake and tsunami wiped out billions of dollars worth of infrastructure and livelihood. The government had commissioned around $50 billion dollars to reconstruct the towns to what it was before the tsunami. Check out the photos of tsunami-hit towns and how they look now, three months on.

In this combo of two photos, debris are piled up by damaged buildings in Ofunato, Iwate prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 13, 2011, days after the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the area, top, and the same area, bottom, with several houses demolished as photographed on June 3, 2011. Japan marks three months since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck the nation's eastern coast on Saturday, June 11, 2011.

In this combo of two photos, fire engines park among the debris as a search for missing people goes on in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 18, 2011, days after the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the area, top, and the same area, bottom, with the debris almost cleared as photographed on June 6, 2011. Japan marks three months since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck the nation's eastern coast on Saturday, June 11, 2011.

In this combo of two photos, vehicles park on the ground of a junior high school serving a refugee center in Rikuzentakata, Iwata prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 19, 2011, days after the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the area, left, and the same area, right, with temporary houses are set up for survivors as photographed on June 3, 2011. Japan marks three months since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck the nation's eastern coast on Saturday, June 11, 2011.

In this combo of two photos, a sea coast is filled with destroyed houses and debris at Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 12, 2011, one day after the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the area, top, and the same area, bottom, with the houses and debris cleared as photographed on June 3, 2011. Japan marks three months since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck the nation's eastern coast on Saturday, June 11, 2011.